Researcher
Leen Rigouts
- Keywords (Institute of Tropical Medicine):B110-medical-informatics
- Keywords (University of Antwerp):Biomedical sciences (incl. biochemistry)
- Disciplines (University of Antwerp):Diagnostics, Laboratory medicine, Microbiology, Molecular and cell biology, Tropical medicine
- See also: L Rigouts (Institute of Tropical Medicine)
Affiliations
- Mycobacteriology (Research unit)
Member
From1 Jul 1989 → Today - Mycobacteriology (Research unit)
Member
From31 Dec 2009 → 16 Apr 2015 - Laboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH) (Research group)
Member
From1 Oct 2008 → Today
Projects
1 - 4 of 4
- Curbing rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis in Rwanda and beyond.From1 Nov 2021 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
- Using novel molecular approaches to understand the transmission dynamics of Mycobacterium leprae in the Comoros.From1 Oct 2018 → 30 Sep 2020Funding: FWO fellowships
- Identification of novel resistance mechanisms against clofazimine in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.From1 Jul 2013 → 30 Jun 2017Funding: Baekeland
- Research for new mechanisms of resistance in fluorochinolone resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis.From1 Jan 2012 → 31 Dec 2012Funding: BOF - Other initiatives
Publications
31 - 40 of 116
- Fluorescein diacetate and rapid molecular testing for the early identification of rifampicin resistance in Mali(2020)
Authors: B. Diarra, T. Decroo, A. Somboro, G. Coulibaly, M. Tolofoudie, M. Kone, B. Degoga, F. Diallo, A.C.G. Togo, M. Sanogo, et al.
Pages: 763 - 769(7) - Comparative genomics shows differences in the electron transport and carbon metabolic pathways of Mycobacterium africanum relative to Mycobacterium tuberculosis and suggests an adaptation to low oxygen tension(2020)
Authors: Boatema Ofori-Anyinam, Abi Janet Riley, Tijan Jobarteh, Ensa Gitteh, Binta Sarr, Tutty Isatou Faal-Jawara, Leen Rigouts, Madikay Senghore, Aderemi Kehinde, Nneka Onyejepu, et al.
- Management of falsepositive rifampicin resistant Xpert MTB/RIF(2020)
Authors: Semuto Ngabonziza, Tom Decroo, Gabriela Torrea, Patrick Migambi, Armand Van Deun, Leen Rigouts, Bouke Catherine de Jong
Pages: E239 - E239 - Characterization of genomic variants associated with resistance to Bedaquiline and Delamanid in naive Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical strains(2020)
Authors: S. Battaglia, A. Spitaleri, A.M. Cabibbe, C.J. Meehan, C. Utpatel, N. Ismail, S. Tahseen, A. Skrahina, N. Alikhanova, S.M. Mostofa Kamal, et al.
- A sister lineage of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex discovered in the African Great Lakes region(2020)
Authors: Jean Claude Semuto Ngabonziza, Chloe Loiseau, Michael Marceau, Agathe Jouet, Fabrizio Menardo, Oren Tzfadia, Rudy Antoine, Esdras Belamo Niyigena, Wim Mulders, Kristina Fissette, et al.
- Broad diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains isolated from humans and cattle in Northern Algeria suggests a zoonotic transmission cycle(2020)
Authors: Hanane Damene, Djamel Tahir, Maren Diels, Ali Berber, Naima Sahraoui, Leen Rigouts
- Targeted next-generation sequencing of sputum for diagnosis of drug-resistant TB: results of a national survey in Democratic Republic of the Congo(2020)
Authors: Michel Kaswa Kayomo, Vital Nkake Mbula, Muriel Aloni, Emmanuel Andre, Leen Rigouts, Fairouz Boutachkourt, Bouke C. de Jong, Nicolas M. Nkiere, Anna S. Dean
Pages: 1 - 8 - Tuberculosis in Mali(2019)
Authors: Bassirou Diarra, Leen Rigouts, Bouke de Jong, Souleymane Diallo, Robert L. Murphy
Number of pages: 248 - Xpert MTB/RIF assay for the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis: a diagnostic evaluation study(2019)
Authors: Mulualem Tadesse Jano, G. Abebe, A. Bekele, M. Bezabih, D. Yilma, L. Apers, B. C. de Jong, Leen Rigouts
Pages: 1000 - 1005 - Storage of sputum in cetylpyridinium chloride, OMNIgene.SPUTUM, and ethanol is compatible with molecular tuberculosis diagnostic testing(2019)
Authors: C. N'Dira Sanoussi, Bouke C. de Jong, Dissou Affolabi, Conor J. Meehan, Mathieu Odoun, Leen Rigouts